Living in the deep palace

"call--"

With his eyes closed, Su Chen looked like a starving traveler who had finally arrived at the entrance of a century-old barbecue restaurant and smelled the first wisp of cumin-flavored meat aroma wafting from the chimney!
"It smells so good! It smells amazing!!!"

Su Chen suddenly opened his eyes, and from those ethereal Origin God Eyes, two balls of ravenous blood light burst forth, tearing through the void!
He drew the bone sword stained with the blood of the Heavenly Dao, its blade pointing towards the countless illusory Buddhas seated on the boundary wall, and let out a wild, arrogant laugh that made even the boundless Buddha light tremble violently:
"The finest spices, pickled for countless eras! The golden outer layer, refined over millions of years!"

"You bunch of bald monks kept in those glass jars! Listen up, Your Majesty!!!"

With the blessing of the Origin Great Dao of the Seventh Realm, Su Chen's wild voice transformed into an invisible blade that tore through all laws, forcefully cleaving through the layers of golden Sanskrit sounds and directly blasting into the deepest part of the Ancient World of Ten Thousand Buddhas!

"I am the Origin Emperor! A guest of all the heavens and myriad realms!"

"Your presence today is not for discussing doctrines or debating Zen!"

"Just for...eating meat!!!"

Su Chen raised his bone knife and slashed fiercely down at the indestructible Boundless Boundary Wall!

"Pull this lid off for me!!!"

"Let me have a good taste of whether the golden bodies of you bald monks are enough to fill my teeth!!!"

"Clang—!!!!"

Su Chen's strike did not unleash a devastating pillar of light; instead, it produced a crescent-shaped blade of light that was simple and unadorned, displaying the color of nothingness and origin.

This blade of light seemed to glide lightly across the void, but when it touched the boundary wall of the [Ancient Realm of Ten Thousand Buddhas], which was built of innate glazed gold and immeasurable merit energy, it erupted with a terrifying resonance that deafened billions of star systems!
"Boom boom boom boom!!!!"

The unimaginably vast boundary of the Buddhist kingdom caved in violently under this strike. Visible golden ripples spread wildly in all directions like raging waves, dispersing all the primordial winds within tens of millions of miles!

However, the foundation of these ten top-tier worlds is ultimately incomparable to that of the smaller worlds.

Under this earth-shattering strike, the boundary wall did not shatter instantly. Instead, it erupted with a blinding Buddhist light, a hundred million times more dazzling than before, as if it were an enraged creature!

"Amitabha--"

A grand, majestic Buddhist chant, imbued with boundless compassion yet subtly carrying a domineering intent to guide and convert, resounded from the deepest part of the boundary wall.

Immediately afterwards, a peerless painting, enough to terrify all the demons in the heavens, slowly unfolded on the golden boundary wall!

Suddenly, hundreds of millions of golden lotus platforms appeared atop the massive wall of merit energy, stretching for billions of miles. On each lotus platform sat the phantom of an ancient Buddha, Bodhisattva, or Arhat!
Some of them are fierce Vajras, wielding vajras; others are kind-faced ancient Buddhas, smiling with flowers in hand.

The phantom images of countless Buddhist masters gathered together, and at the same time opened their mouths to chant the ancient Mahayana sutra that had been passed down for countless eras!

"The sea of ​​suffering is boundless, but turning back is the shore..."

"Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot..."

This is no ordinary sound, but the supreme and liberating sacred sound that embodies the incense offerings and vows of countless believers throughout the ages in this vast world!
The Sanskrit chants transformed into tangible golden runes, like a vast expanse of golden snowflakes, blanketing the Eternal Heaven.

"Ah!! My head!! My demonic heart is about to burst!!"

"No... I don't want to become a Buddha... I don't want to lay down my butcher's knife... Kill! Kill!! Kill, ahhh!!"

Above the Eternal Heaven, the first to bear the brunt were the tens of thousands of demonic soldiers. These were inherently ruthless individuals who cultivated the laws of slaughter and demonic arts; now, facing the billions of chanting sounds specifically designed to counter demonic obstacles, they were struck dumb. Countless weaker demonic soldiers began to lose focus, the bloodthirsty red light in their eyes gradually fading, replaced by an eerie peace and blankness.

Trembling, they released the demonic weapons from their hands, their knees buckled, and they actually wanted to kneel down and worship the Buddha's phantom on the boundary wall!

Even powerful beings like the Demon Lord of Chaos and the Corpse Lord felt as if ten thousand wooden fish were being frantically struck deep within their souls, and their killing intent was being suppressed by an extremely powerful force.

"My lord... this bald monk's chanting... is poisonous!! It is forcibly altering our will!!!" The Demon Lord of Chaos bit his tongue, using the excruciating pain to maintain his sanity, and roared in agony.

"Tampering with wills? Saving all living beings?"

Amidst this blizzard of chanting, powerful enough to convert even demons.

Su Chen still stood proudly at the forefront of the Purple Gold Divine Court. His green robe remained motionless amidst the golden storm of runes, and his skin, which shimmered with the colors of the ethereal origin, was untouched by even a single golden snowflake.

He took a deep breath of the nauseatingly strong incense and prayer energy, and instead of feeling any discomfort, he let out a cold laugh of extreme contempt.

"He speaks of compassion, but is full of thievery and debauchery."

Su Chen's voice wasn't loud, but with the blessing of the seventh realm [Great Dao Venerable Position], it was like an unparalleled sharp blade piercing the sky, instantly tearing through the blockade of billions of chanting sounds, and clearly reaching the ears of every Buddha phantom on the boundary wall!

"You bunch of bald monks, you keep shouting about saving all living beings, but in reality you've just built huge pigsties all over the world!"

"You use so-called karma and retribution, and the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss to numb sentient beings, making them willingly offer their faith and incense. You are absorbing the life essence of sentient beings, using their bones and blood to sculpt and gild your own golden statues!"

Su Chen spread his arms wide, looked up at the sky and laughed wildly. The extreme arrogance in his laughter even shattered the golden runes falling from the sky!

"To keep believers in captivity is like a shepherd raising sheep, only to shear their wool and eat their flesh in the end. How is this any different from the actions of this cannibalistic glutton I am?!"

"However, I ate openly and honestly!"

"And you, you insist on draping this cannibalistic business with a veneer of utter hypocrisy, a golden robe!!!"

Su Chen's words were like the most vicious curse, each word piercing the heart.

Above the boundary wall, the chanting of countless illusory Buddha images abruptly stopped. Countless benevolent-looking Buddhas, at that moment, simultaneously opened their eyes, their compassionate gazes instantly transforming into a furious, heaven-scorching rage!

"presumptuous!!!"

A colossal, ancient Buddha-like figure, resembling a blazing golden sun, emerged from the deepest part of the boundary wall. He glared at Su Chen and unleashed a lion's roar that shook the very fabric of space:

"Demon! How dare you utter such arrogant words, blaspheming the Buddha's teachings! You have disgraced the eternal reputation of our sacred ancient realm!"

"Your sins are immeasurable! Now that you have come before this Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, do not even think of leaving! We will use this boundless Buddha Dharma to eternally imprison your demonic soul at the bottom of the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, where you will suffer the torment of having your heart burned by raging fire for countless eternity!!!"

"The grand formation begins—the [Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage to the Ancestor to Subdue Demons Grand Formation]!!!"

boom!!!
Above the boundary wall, countless illusory Buddha images simultaneously formed mudras. Endless golden light transformed into a golden Buddha hand covering half of the vast starry sea, carrying the terrifying power to suppress countless ages and convert all heretics, and slammed down fiercely towards the Eternal Heaven!

This palm strike gathers the essence of countless eras of a top-tier world. Not to mention the peak of the sixth realm, even an ordinary Great Dao Supreme who has just entered the seventh realm would be stripped of their Dao Fruit and turned into a Buddhist puppet to be manipulated by others if they were accidentally struck!
However, faced with this golden Buddha's hand that blots out the sky and looks like the universe has collapsed.

Instead of drawing his sword, Su Chen casually tucked the bone knife back into his waistband.

He looked up at the enormous Buddha hand pressing down on him, and the gluttonous red light in his eyes instantly burned to its extreme!
"You're angry already?"

"You've been exposed by me, and you're now enraged?"

Su Chen slowly raised his right hand, and suddenly spread his five fingers wide.

"You want to suppress me?!" "You bunch of fried delicacies covered in incense and seasonings, do you even dare to rummage through my food?!"

……

……

"Today, I will show you what the true path of cannibalism is!!!"

Accompanied by Su Chen's arrogant roar that shattered the void.

His right hand, gleaming with the color of ethereal origin, met the overwhelming golden Buddha hand and, without any fancy moves, struck out with a powerful palm strike from bottom to top!
This palm strike did not employ any complex supernatural powers, nor did it rely on the illusory image of the Longevity Tree.

This is merely the purest and most extreme physical outburst of the seventh realm, [Peak of the Origin Divine Body]!

"boom--------!!!!!"

Before the palm print even arrived, the void stretching for billions of miles in front of Su Chen's palm collapsed completely into a visible absolute black hole under the terrifying kinetic energy of this palm strike!
Within this black hole, not only was space shattered and time stood still, but even the cosmic karma was reduced to dust by this single palm strike! Faintly, deep within the black hole in the palm's palm, six enormous vortexes emerged, like six gaping maws of the abyss, frantically chewing away—[Origin: Collapse of the Six Paths of Reincarnation]!
"Boom! B ...

Two hands, one large and one small, one gold and one dark, collided violently in the very center of the vast starry sea!

There was no stalemate, no deadlock.

Under the horrified gaze of countless Buddhas in the Ancient Realm of Ten Thousand Buddhas.

The golden Buddha's hand, which had gathered the fortune of an entire realm and the power of countless incense offerings, emitted a crisp, shattering sound, like a piece of glass being struck by a hammer, the moment it touched the six collapsing vortexes in Su Chen's palm!

"Snap... Snap snap—"

Dazzling black cracks spread wildly along the palm of the golden Buddha's hand, and in less than a fraction of a breath, they covered the enormous Buddha's hand, which was large enough to cover the starry sea!

"This is impossible!!! How could our immeasurable golden body of merit be shattered by such brute force?!"

The ancient Buddha phantom in the main formation let out an incredulous and shrill scream.

"A golden body of merit?"

Su Chen's maniacal laughter pierced through the shattered golden light, echoing like the death knell in the ears of every Buddha.

"In my recipe, this is just a layer of crispy fried batter!"

"Smash to me!!!"

Su Chen suddenly exerted force upwards with his right arm! His primordial energy erupted like a chaotic volcano that had been dormant for billions of epochs!
"Boom!!!"

The enormous golden Buddha hand, which blotted out the sky, was completely shattered in mid-air by this overwhelming and unstoppable power! It exploded into countless golden powders and dim Buddhist runes!

However, the residual power of this palm strike did not diminish in the slightest!

The chaotic palm print, containing the power of the six paths of destruction, continued its momentum after shattering the Buddha's hand, like a retrograde ancient comet, and slammed into the boundary wall of the [Ten Thousand Buddhas Sacred Ancient Realm], which was hundreds of millions of miles thick!

"Thump—!!!!!!!!!!"

A terrifying impact that sent shivers down the spines of the entire universe!

The "Wall of Sighs," which had blocked countless demons from other realms and was regarded as absolutely insurmountable by the Ancient Realm of Ten Thousand Buddhas, collapsed from its center under Su Chen's palm strike, creating an enormous palm print abyss!

"Crack!! Rumble!!!"

Centered on that palm print, countless bottomless cracks spread wildly outwards across the entire boundary wall!

Above the boundary wall, the countless phantom images of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats chanting sutras were instantly obliterated by the terrifying shock of this palm strike, before they could even scream. Like flies being swatted, they exploded and died instantly! The golden Buddha blood and the power of incense transformed into a torrential rain, pouring down in this vast void.

One palm strike shattered the boundary wall of the Buddhist kingdom! One palm strike annihilated countless Buddha shadows!
"Splash splash splash—"

The boundary wall completely collapsed, turning into countless golden shards of glass, like a beautiful meteor shower, falling into the depths of the void.

And with the shattering of that "door".

The true face of the ancient realm of ten thousand Buddhas, hidden for countless eras, was finally exposed without reservation to the greedy eyes of the army of the Eternal Heaven!
What a rich and luxurious world it was!
Everywhere one looked, there were golden temples and white jade sacred mountains suspended in mid-air. Flowing on the ground were rivers of incense smoke formed from pure faith, and Bodhi trees, which could grant immortality, grew among the mountains. Countless true Buddhas and Arhats, clad in robes and with golden wheels of merit on the back of their heads, stared in terror at the gaping hole in the sky and the blue-robed man standing outside it, like a world-destroying demon.

"hiss--"

Su Chen stood atop the Divine Court, gazing at the golden boundary powder drifting across the sky, and took a deep breath.

The golden powder, containing the power of incense offerings over millions of years, transformed into two golden dragons and entered his nasal cavity.

"Ah!"

Su Chen sneezed very loudly, rubbed his nose casually, and revealed an extremely excited smile on his face.

"The flavor of this seasoning is indeed strong! It almost brought tears to my eyes!"

"However, it's absolutely delicious for removing fishy smells and enhancing freshness!"

Su Chen lowered his head, looking down at the golden Buddhist kingdom below that was now in complete chaos. He drew the bone knife from his waist, its blade pointing directly at the Great Thunderclap Temple, located at the very center of the Holy Ancient Realm and radiating supreme pressure!
Above the Eternal Heaven, after a brief period of brainwashing by chanting, tens of thousands of demon soldiers, seeing the boundary wall broken and their lord's divine might unparalleled, had their suppressed bloodlust and gluttonous desires ignited!

"Roar! Roar! Roar! Eat meat! Eat meat!" The demon army brandished their weapons, their eyes gleaming with the green light of hungry wolves.

"My men!"

Su Chen's wild laughter transformed into the clarion call to begin the feast, resounding throughout the entire Ancient Realm of Ten Thousand Buddhas.

"I've already kicked open the gates to this granary for you!"

"Charge in, all of you!"

"Which gold mine or incense river do you fancy? Give it to me and I'll build it to your heart's content!"

Su Chen licked his lips, his eyes flashing with an extreme greed that would make even the Buddhas tremble.

"But I'll remember them all!"

"Don't trample those plump and succulent Buddhas!"

"Those old abbots and great bodhisattvas who have attained the [sixteen-foot golden body] sitting in the Great Thunderclap Temple, all of them, I'll keep them all for myself!"

"I will personally peel off their golden, crispy skin and deep-fry them!!!" (End of Chapter)